Category: Astros
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Astros’ off-season: “Stuff”
Your faithful servant has again reached a moment when his mind is clogged with mental constipation. So, this post will be filled with “stuff” that needs to be unloaded to allow room for more “stuff”.
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Astros 2026 Look Ahead – The Big Ifs….
In many ways, it feels like the Astros are owed some positive karma after two straight seasons of bad luck on the injury front. In 2025 alone they faced season ending or long term injuries with pitchers Hayden Wesneski, Ronel Blanco, Brandon Walter, Bennett Sousa, Kaleb Ort and position players Yordan Alvarez, Isaac Paredes, Zach…
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ChipalattAwards for 2025
I’ve put this off as long as I could, but it is time to see who should be awarded for the Astros first non-playoff season since 2016.
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Astros’ offseason: Levity and outrageousness
As we move onward through the longest off-season the Astros and their fans have experienced since they missed the playoffs in 2016, we turn to one of the donated ideas for a topic. From our dear Chip Bailey founder of the blog … “Maybe a suggested full blog entry of levity and outrageousness for the…
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Astros’ going forward: How hot are those seats
A couple posts ago, I requested some help in topics for this long off-season for this Astros-centric blog. Today we pull from a suggestion that friend of the blog Daveb put forth. “How much rope do Dana and Joe get this year? Could they both be moved during the season if things start in a…
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Astros’ offseason: Roster manipulation
The Astros are facing a period of large changes to their 40 man roster. When the World Series finished the Astros’ potential free agents – Framber Valdez, Victor Caratini, Craig Kimbrel and Brendan Rodgers became free agents for real. The only question on those four players is who will the Astros hand a qualifying offer.
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Astros’ off-season: A few questions….
This is a reflective time for those of us who follow the Astros as an advocation. And in reflecting about it and about the newly completed World Series between the Los Angeles (spit!) Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays, a few questions came to mind.
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Astros by AI: A Report From The Robo-Dugout
Just for fun, I decided to use my brain freeze on writing to test out something I have been curious about for a while. How would AI do in answering questions about the Astros’ past, present and future?
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